Urban Developments today are suffering an identity crisis. Market demands have led to a globalized urban standard, one of mixed-use. The 'mixed'-use model fails to mix anything in a meaningful way. The result is a packaged, off-the-shelf and easy to implement 'canned' urbanism. As a capital city, should Ottawa be concerned with how the built environment reflects its identity? Tunney's Pasture is far from the rolling meadows its name suggests. Instead, it is an outof-date idea of a government campus built in the 1950's. Today, Tunney's is seen as 'a wasteland.' New proposals fail to realize the site's potential. The Tunney's Pasture Master Plan will be critiqued as an example of a canned urban approach. An alternative proposal will be put forward: one based on principles different from globalization and mixed-use, that consider instead identity, historical context and the site's pastoral origins. iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank Professor Federica Goffi for her continued assistance, and support as advisor to this thesis. My education was made better with her presence, as my drawing instructor in my first year of architecture school, to sharing with me the delight of teaching in my graduate years. Thank you to my family, friends and past professors who were an important part of my educational journey. I am especially grateful to my parents, for their unwavering encouragement, and continued emotional and financial support. To those who motivated me-to always aim higher, and to achieve nothing less than the best of my abilities, thank you. iv v TABLE OF CONTENTS